THE BASICS
Drake men's basketball aims to repeat as State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Champions, ready to defend its 2023 title at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis March 8-10. Drake's first matchup willl be in the quarterfinal round against either No. 7 Illinois State or No. 10 Evansville on Friday, March 8 at 6 p.m.

25-PLUS
After a 74-66 Senior Day win over Bradley last Sunday, the Bulldogs joined Houston as the only other team to win 25 or more games in each of the last four seasons. 

MVC AWARDS RECAP
Tucker DeVries became the ninth-ever player and first since Doug McDermott to win the Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year trophy in back-to-back seasons. Darnell Brodie was named to the All-MVC First Team, the first All-Conference honor of his career.

Kevin Overton (All-Freshman Team), Colby Garland (All-Bench Team) and Conor Enright (Scholar-Athlete Second Team) were also recognized by the MVC.

MVC TOURNAMENT SUCCESS
Only Drake and Missouri State have won at least one game in the last four editions of the State Farm MVC Tournament.

Drake has placed at least one player on the MVC All-Tournament team the last five years.

2023 - Tucker DeVries (Most Outstanding Player), Roman Penn

2022 - DeVries, Penn

2021 - Joseph Yesefu, Tremell Murphy

2020 - Liam Robbins

2019 - Murphy

MVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Drake is 26-43 all-time in the MVC Tournament with two tournament titles (2008 and 2023). 

The Bulldogs have won 10 games at Arch Madness under head coach Darian DeVries (10-4 record in the MVC Tournament) and the Bulldogs have made three straight championship game appearances.

Prior to the 2019-20 season, the Bulldogs only had one MVC Tournament win since 2013. 

VS. THE BRACKET

During the regular season, Drake was 9-0 against the teams in its half of the bracket.

The Bulldogs were 7-4 against the other half of the bracket.

MAKING IT TO SATURDAY

Drake has advanced to the semifinal round 11 times in program history. The Bulldogs have qualified for the semifinal round of the MVC Tournament in five consecutive seasons.

Drake has been in the semifinals in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2008, 1993, 1989, 1986, 1981 and 1977.

MAKING IT TO SUNDAY

Drake has made three consecutive MVC Tournament championship games.

Drake has advanced to the MVC Tournament championships game in 2008, 2021, 2022 and 2023.